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PINS: PROJECT INITIATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FORM(Effective 1/07/05)

*NOTE: Adoptions of an ISO or IEC standards require compliance with ANSI’s Sales & Exploitation Policy.

  1. Designation of Proposed Standard:
/ ANSI C63.15 -201x
  1. Title of Standard:
/ American National Standard Recommended Practice for the Immunity Assessment of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
  1. Project Intent:(Check the applicable box below)
/ 3a. Supersedes or Affects: (Specify designation of approved ANS standard(s) to be superseded and/or ISO or IEC standard(s)* to be adopted)
Create new standard
*Adopt ISO or IEC standard (3.0 Expedited Procedures for the Identical Adoption of an ISO or IEC standard as an ANS)
*Adopt modified ISO or IEC standard (2.0 Requirements Associated with the Identical or Modified Adoption of an ISO or IEC Standard as an ANS)
*AND this adoption revises this current ANS
Revise current standard / X
Revise and Redesignate current standard
Revise, Redesignate and Consolidate current standard
Revise and Partition current standard
Reaffirm current standard
Reaffirm and Redesignate current standard
Addenda to a current standard under Continuous Maintenance:(this document relates to/updates the following base document that is registered under Continuous Maintenance)
Supplement to a current standard
Withdraw current standard
  1. This standard contains excerpted text from an ISO or IEC standard, but is not an ISO or IEC adoption.
/ Check here if this standard includes excerpted text from an ISO or IEC standard but is not an identical or modified adoption of an ISO or IEC standard.
  1. Provide a brief explanation of the need for the project:
/ Changes have been made in the past six years in immunity testing,including updates in the standards referenced in C63.15-2010. In addition there is an interest to include automotive and other immunity test methods. Manufacturers need the updates and additional test methods to better make their products immune in the electromagnetic environments where they are intended to be used.
  1. Identify the stakeholders(e.g., telecom, consumer, medical, environmental, etc.) likely to be directly impacted by the standard:
/ EMC test laboratories, EMC test equipment manufacturers, product manufacturers, regulators
  1. This PINS revises a previous PINS submittal:
/ Note: A revised PINS is only required if the previously identified stakeholders have changed substantively (see item 6 on this form.).
  1. Description of Contents of Standard: (Provide a one paragraph description, not to exceed 500 characters.)
/ The revised standard will update radiated and conducted immunity test methods using updated references of common immunity test methods published by the IEC, MIL STD, ISO, and SAE. The ISO and SAE test methods apply to automobiles. There is also the addition of testing for quasi-static fields, proximity fields, and fields from overhead power lines.
  1. Canvass Developers: (This request must include a statement of how to obtain a copy of the canvass list.)
/ Check here to request Canvass Initiation Announcement.
  1. Obtain a Copy of the Canvass List: (Specify name of contact or a URL address.)

  1. Consumer Product or Service:
/ X / Check here if standard covers Consumer Product or Service
  1. Accredited Standards Developer Acronym:

  1. Procedure Used for Consensus:(check one)
/ Canvass / Committee / X / Organization
  1. Submitter: (Specify Accredited Standards Developer submitter’s name and complete contact information, address, phone, email, etc.)
/ Name: / Donald Heirman
Title: / President
Organization: / Don HEIRMAN Consultants
Address: / 143 Jumping Brook Road
City, ST, Zip: / Lincroft, New Jersey 07738- USA
Phone: / 732-741-7723
Fax: / 732-530-5695
Email: /